Coptes : affrontements à المنيا Minya – 15 juin 2011

Clashes between police and Coptic protesters in Minya

almasryalyoum.com

Wed, 15/06/2011 – 20:01

Reuters news agency quoted unconfirmed security sources as saying that three policemen and six Coptic protesters on Wednesday were injured in a clash between the two sides in the southern Egyptian city of Minya.

The agency said the police used batons to beat the protesters, who retaliated against police by throwing stones.

The clashes erupted when the police tried to disperse demonstrators, who blocked a road in protest against the disappearance of two Coptic teenage girls. Read more…

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Al-Minya est la capitale de la Moyenne-Égypte à environ 245 km au sud du Caire. Quelques kilomètres plus au sud, on y trouve les sites de Beni Hassan, Antinoupolis et Tell el-Amarna(Akhetaton) sur la rive droite du Nil, ainsi que Tounah el-Gebel et Hermopolis Magna sur la rive gauche.